Metcalfe Endorsed for National Democratic Post
Iowa senators Gillette and Herring say banker Herbert A. Metcalfe would be an asset as acting national committeeman if needed. Herring notes state central committee would decide. Gillette agrees on Metcalfe’s potential but no candidate name is proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Herbert A. Metcalfe
Des Moines
Metcalfe
Gillette
Herring
State Central Committee
Utterback
National Committee
Elkader Old Stone Mill Yielding To Modern Era
The Elkader four story mill with a basement, landmark for 90 years, is being torn down by wreckers to make way for a Central States Power and Light office display and warehouse building. The site has endured multiple fires including 1860, 1908, and last year, ending its use as a grist mill since 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Central States Power and Light Corporation
Mississippi River
Clayton
Clinton
When Right Side Is The Wrong Side
Des Moines AP report of Merwin and Wendell Salsbury Colfax brothers jailed after a Des Moines highway patrolman warned them to walk on the correct side of highway 6. They defied the officer and spent the night in jail for walking on the wrong side of a public highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Merwin
Wendell Salsbury
Colfax
Highway No. 6
N. B. Wilson
Wilson
Wendell
Nazi Ship Chased Into Mexican Harbor by British Cruiser
The German cargo ship Havelland was reportedly pursued by a British cruiser into Manzanillo on the Mexican Pacific coast near Lower California. A local Manzanillo German-controlled business ordered 2,000 barrels of gasoline and related petroleum products, amid ongoing shipments from Mexico City to Manzanillo. Under Mexico's cash and carry neutrality policy, belligerent ships may load supplies in Mexican ports if payment is made immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
INS
Havelland
Mexican Pacific Coast
Manzanillo
Lower California
Haverland
Mexico
Mexican
Auto Parts Co Moves to New Second Ave Location
Auto Parts company owned by Charles Mills Snow will relocate to 605 Second Avenue SE after a five year lease with possession set for November 1. The building, owned by Bi Four Realty, is led by Malcolm V. Bolton and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Parts
Charles Mills
Snow
Second Avenue SE
Bi Four Realty Company
Malcolm V. Bolton
Zobac Starts Work On Hubbard Ice Cold Storage
Frank Zobac and Sons received the contract to build the Hubbard Ice and Fuel cold storage at 1132 First Street NW. Construction began Friday morning and the project is expected to cost about $23,195, with completion planned for shortly after the first of next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Zobac and Sons
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
First Street
Chinese Victory Claim Near Hunan Front
Chinese forces claimed notable victories against Japanese troops near the Hunan border, according to Chinese military dispatches reported Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hunan
Needlework Guild Ingathering Opens November First
Cedar Rapids branch of the Needlework Guild of America begins its annual ingathering on November 1 as social agencies anticipate replenished garments and linens for the needy. Donations may be two new like items or a sum of money, with distribution to The Children’s Home, Mercy Hospital, Linn County relief and other local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Needlework Guild of America
Children's Home
Home For
Agec Women
Jane Boyd
Linn County Relief
Mercy
George Kosek
R. Sunde
Charles S. Knox
Ristedt
F. S. Zonka
J. M. Levin
S. W. Wilder
C. H. Stark
Esther Olmsted
Frances Bailey
Ella Merriman
Bertha Wallace
Nelle Cherry
A. W. Doubrasky
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
Arthur Tschirgi
Anamosa Promoter Ralph Bedwell On Record In Two States
The Anamosa police case reopens as promoter Ralph Bedwell 26 Rock Island IL faces questions over alleged misrepresentation of a Cedar Rapids joint dance. Bedwell previously served 18 months for interstate car theft and was fined for a 1939 confidence game in Galesburg Illinois. His case awaits grand jury review on November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Twoman
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Bedwell
Rock Island
Anamosa
Bedwell
Kansas City
Galesburg
Ill
William Donnelly
Chillicothe
Ohio
Bremer County Farmer Names Lee Ilten in Injury Suit
William Cosselman sues Lee Ilten for 11722.50 in personal injury and damages after his wagon was struck by Ilten’s car on highway No 10 near Nov 12 1938. Cosselman cites a right leg and skull fracture among injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cosselman
Bremer County
Lee Ilten
Johnson Avenue
Cosselman
Ilten
Ehler Defendants File Counterclaim in Lease Suit
Mr and Mrs Nick Ehler respond to Christine Voss lease action filed Sept 6 with a 420 counterclaim plus answer and set off They plead failure to provide requested fence material The petition claims election to mature lease consideration and alleges breaches by the defendants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Ehler
Christine Voss
Woman seeks to set aside divorce decree over cruelty ruling
Fern Irene Harris alleges she did not know her husband Varge Harris had been granted a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. In a motion filed Saturday she asks the court to set aside its Oct. 11 decree granting Varge Harris custody of a son and restoring marital ties in Kahoka Missouri where they married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Irene Harris
Varge Harris
Harris
Saber Harris
Kahoka
IOWA AND WYOMING NOTES OF LOCAL EVENTS
Bertram Marjorie Emmer son a Cedar Rapids drama teacher was guest on a Friday church program. Ruth Mikulecky Forest Lane rural school presented pupils in plays readings and songs. Reverend J B Eyestone led prayers and announcements. In Wyoming Theodore Bahnsen announces marriage of daughter Bernelda to Thornton J Harris of Whiteville Tenn on Oct 16 in Davenport. Reverend J A Miller officiated. Mrs Harris moved from Owatonna Minn two years ago. The couple will reside in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
Marjorie Emmerson
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Mikulecky
Forest Lane
J. B.eyestone
Wyoming
Theodore Bahnsen
Bernelda
Thornton J. Harris
Whiteville
Tenn
Davenport
J. A. Miller
Lutheran Church
Grew speech signals firmer US stance on Japan in China
Ambassador Grew told Japanese leaders that US citizens object to attacks on Americans and property in China. Officials note the state department backs his stance, signaling a tougher American posture toward Japan over its China policy and Asia order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Joseph C. Grew
Tokio
State Department
Grew
Hull
Japan
Roosevelt
Asia
Chorus Members Are Selected At Upper Iowa U
Professor Norman Marshall announces the Upper Iowa University massed chorus for The Messiah at Christmas. Sopranos and altos list numerous performers from Fayette, Oelwein, Clermont, West Union, Hawkeye, Randalia, Sumner, and surrounding towns. names include Thelma Martin Gloria Mindrum Margery Masters May Dawn Smith Virginia Hohn Mabel Goranson Jeanne Phelps Marjorie Edmonds Ardis Melton Ruth Gardner Virginia Logan Barbara Niles Margaret Hogan Dorothy Shaffer Jane Rhines Dibble Jane Dibble Leota Hothoman Edna Olmsted Marianne Swales Myril Paul Jean Waldron Beverly Kutschat Ruth Nard Margaret Sewery Jane Denison Lene Wooldridge Et cetera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Martin
Gloria Mindrum
Oelwein
Margery Masters
Uby Hall
Juanita McLeese
Lois Kiel
Yette
Jeanette Egeland
Ossian
May Dawn Smith
Clermont
Virginia Hohn
Aurora
Mabel Goranson
Greeley
Jeanne Phelps
Strawberry Point
Marjorie Edmonds
Randalia
Ardis Melton
Ivadell Donat
Awkeye
Ruth Gardner
Hagieton
Virginia Logan
Fayette
Barbara Niles
West Union
Sy Agg Cass
Woolftidee
Aoe
J. Lyons
A. R Timm
Manly
Russell Castor
Fairbank
Orlwein
Charles Morgan
Kington
Baws
Edward Pol Ork ii
Bellis
Elopement Triggers Kidnap Scare Then Divorce Plea
Detroit detective records reveal Mrs. Gertrude B. Hughes daughter of Ford Motor Co official filed for divorce publicized Saturday. Her 1938 January elopement with Russell A. Hughes sparked a kidnap scare and long search until located in Indiana. The suit seeks custody of a child born August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gertrude B. Hughes
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Iowa Needs More Truck Weighing Stations Says Engineer
Ames AP traffic engineer Mark Morris of the Iowa Highway Commission says at least twenty truck weighing stations are needed to cover commercial traffic. The agency currently runs thirteen stations at about $8,000 each, including rights and runways. Lights will boost after dark use. enforcement authority has been removed since July 1, limiting the station checks. Stations are located on U.S. 75 Merrill, 69 Midvale, 30 west Cedar Rapids, 75 Missouri Valley, 6 Atlantic, 6 Des Moines, 6 Atalissa, 34 Agency, 30 Ogden, 30 Mechanicsville, 20 Jesup, 18 Charles City, and 65 Mason City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Mark Morris
Iowa Highway Commission
Morris
Highway Commission
Commission
U. S. 75
Merrill
Midvale
Cedar Rapids
Missouri Valley
Atlantic
Des Moines
Atalissa
Agency
Ogden
Mechanicsville
Jesup
Charles City
Masonity
Coal laden truck crash leads to hoped for police pardon
Des Moines AP report details Russell Parker of Perry Indiana facing potential sentencing to shovel coal after his truck and a 10 ton coal-filled improvised trailer overturned on a city street. Police ticketed Parker for multiple violations but saw the incident as an opportunity for him to perform community work rather than punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Russell Parker
Perry
Parker
Louisiana High Court Orders Judge to Reinstate Discharged Jurors
The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously orders Judge George Platt to show cause why he should not reinstate two grand jurors, Sidney de Armas and Edgar Powell, whom he fired after they attempted to read a petition accusing Orleans Parish District Attorney Charles Byrne of delay and obstruction in the probes. The court sets a hearing for November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
INS
George Platt
State Supreme Court
Orleans Parish
Platt
Sidney de Armas
Edgar Powell
Charles Byrne
Supreme Court
Nazis Planned Propaganda Journal in the U S
The Dies committee uncovered letters from Oscar C. Pfaus to Anna B. Sloan discussing a Nazi propaganda newspaper in the United States. Pfaus urged Sloan to seek General Van Horn Moseley, a retired U S Army officer named as a leader in anti Semitic activities, for counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
New York
Dies Committee
Rhea Whitley
Oscar C. Pfaus
Hamburg
Germany
Chicago
Anna B. Sloan
Adolf Hitler
Pfaus
York
Philip Gaffney
Sloan
van Horn Moseley
Moseley
Newcomer Rentals Move-In Notices Hit Cedar Rapids Market
New residents sign leases across multiple Cedar Rapids properties. Elmer Freud from Chicago will join Handler Motor as an associate, renting 2025 E avenue NW from Rev. W. Bar rack of Hartford. John A. McGowan moves from Iowa City to 373 Fifteenth street SE through Tait and Wagner. Campbell family from Nevada takes 1732 Sixth avenue SE, leased via Fred E. Collard and company. Gardner family from Rochester rents furnished Ausadie apartment owned by Mrs. A. N. pee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Freud
Chicago
Handler Motor Company
E Avenue NW
Rev. W. Barrack
Hartford
S. Oak
Tait and Wagner Company
Fifteenth Street
David McClure
John A. McGowan
Iowa City
Harry R. Campbell
Nevada
Sixth Avenue SE
Charles B. Schaad
Fred E. Collard and Company
Campbell
C. P. Brown Manufactur Company
Des Moines
M. B. Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Rochester
N. Y
Ausadie
A. N. Pee
Se. Gordines Isom of Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Coe College presents Daughters of Atreus play
Dorothy Carr poses for Marvin Cone in a charcoal sketch as Clytemnestra in Coe College’s first playhouse presentation Daughters of Atreus directed by Kent Andrews. The Greek tragedy centers on Agamemnon Electra and Clytemnestra with a stylized Archaic Greek stage and symbolic colors. Tickets are on sale and will be available at the door Wednesday and Thursday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Carr
W. H. Carr
Seventh Avenue SE
Clytemnestra
Coe College Playhouse
Marvin Cone
Coe
Agamemnon
Robert Turney
Iphigenia
Electra
Aulis
Troy
Building Activity Prolific Across East Iowa Towns
East Iowa towns report new leases sales and openings. Marshall Oberstein Inc rents the R E Daugherty building in Washington to open a women’s ready to wear store November 1. Leffler cafe changes hands as the Gidley couple take possession. winter in Texas planned. Oelwein sees E R Rutherford lease and remodel for Oelwein Frozen Food Lockers opening in about a month. Maquoketa’s liquor store manager sells his cafe to Charles M. Kirkendall who takes over. Traer sees May Seebach sell part of a north Traer lot to Phillips Oil for a filling station on highway 63. Waukon notes three real estate deals including Henry Martin estate sale to doctors R C and William Bakkum, Ben Antonoff buys Mrs Webster’s bungalow, and land sale to Lloyd Van Gorder for 2000. Dy versville Al Goerdt sells interest in Golden Rule Clothing store to Elmer J. Tauke who will continue partnership with Charles Kramer Jr, Tauke to start Jan 1. Lone Tree Carl Burck moves auto repair operation from Midway garage to Conesville with plans to establish a new garage there. Midway repair room leased to G B Kirchner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall Oberstein, Inc
R. E. Daugherty
Hanson Company
Oskaloosa
Fort Madison
Boone and Oelweia
Ray Gidley
Lefflers
Texas
Oelwein
E. R. Rutherford
Burlington
Maquoketa
Bessie E. Scheib
Charles M. Kirkendall
Traer
May
Dyersville
al Goerdt
Golden Rule Clothing
Elmer J. Tauke
Charles Kramer, Jr
Tauke
Lone Tree
Carl Burck
Midway
Conesville
Midway Garage
G, B, Kirchner
Will Direct PWA Work In East Half Of Iowa
Erwin G. Holbrook former Davenport architect now PWA traveling engineer for southeast Iowa will direct all remaining unfinished PWA projects in northeast Iowa in addition to his current territory. Omaha regional office says work is expedited to be under roof before cold weather. Congress set June 30 1940 as completion date for the current PWA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin G. Holbrook
Davenport
PWA
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Congress
Hensch Buys Home Site in Williams Land Lot
Robert L. Hensch of 422 Eighth Avenue SW purchased a lot in the 600 block on Nineteenth Avenue SW from the Williams Land company. He plans to build a house on the site, with the sale arranged through John A. W local real estate broker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Hensch
Eighth Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Williams Land Company
John A. W
Cotton growers clash with strikers in Madera melee
In Madera California cotton growers and striking pickers fought at the county park Saturday. State highway patrolmen moved in at the sheriff's request using tear gas and blank cartridges to disperse the crowd. Six people sought hospital treatment for injuries including Homer West 23 a cotton striker with head cuts and facial welts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Calif
Charles Henderson
Culbert L. Olson
W. O. Justice
Madera County
Homer West
Barbara Hutton Mdivani Returns to America Amid Picket Drama
American Danish countess Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow lands in New York to press questions about marriage and citizenship. She declines to discuss personal matters amid Woolworth pickets and speculation about divorce from Count Haugwitz-Reventlow and possible marriage to Robert Sweeney. She notes she donated her London home to Britain for medical units and comments on war neutrality and her Woolworth stock stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Sweeney
Barbara Hutton
Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow
America
Woolworth
Franklyn L. Huttons
Conte di Savoia
Bay
Robert Sweeney
Barbara
Haugwitz-Reventlow
England
France
Woolworth Company
British Officer Decorates His Own Grave In France
A Victoria Cross holder and senior British officer in France visits a graveyard to lay flowers on his own grave marked with a cross. He had lost a leg in action and received the VC for reconnaissance and combat feats. The officer, recently landed in France, finds his amputated leg buried with other remains, then places flowers at his own marker beside white crosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Soma
Crash Kills Six Members Of Family In Illinois
In Macomb Illinois six members of Roscoe Johnsons family died when a Burlington railroad freight train demolished their car Saturday The relatives named include Roscoe Johnson his wife and four children Margaret 12 Duane 10 Gene 8 and Josie The locomotive reportedly hurled the car into the air and struck it again at impact title and wording reflect a neutral news tone detailing the tragedy and victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb, Ill
Roscoe Johnson
Burlington Railroad
Johnson
Margaret
Duane
Gene
Josie
Moon appears to sail the heavens as it orbits far away
The text notes the moon seems to voyage across the sky while in reality it travels at about 100000 times greater distance from Earth than closer objects.
Diabetes prevention through vitamin B and diet control
A physician argues that diabetes stems from carbohydrate metabolism failure due to nutritional deficiency. He links overweight, refined foods, and lack of exercise to diabetes risk, highlights vitamin B-complex importance, and advises weight control, reduced sugar, and B-complex supplements. He notes insulin therapy with B1 and B2 in animal studies and offers a booklet for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorhaus
Williams
Waterman
Martin
Spies
John F. Dille
Japan vows to press China campaign despite African opposition
Tokyo reaffirmed its resolve to continue the campaign in China as Foreign Minister Kichisaburo Nomura stated the stance on Saturday despite protests from African delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
INS
Japan
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
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Auto Parts Company
Zobac
New Waukon
Waukon
Needlework
Anamosa Dance
Court House News
Sues Lee Ilten
Iowa News
Upper Iowa U
Louisiana High Court
U. S
Newcomer Rentals
California
Babs
Inez Robb
Personal Health Service
Williams and Spies
Macmillan
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel Co
DIAL
Second Street
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